Ngah Osoe Bouli Freddy Patrick*, Mamoudou Abdoulmoumini, Aliou Mohamadou, Adamou Moise, Moffo Frederic, Hamidou liman and Wafo Fokam Agnes Jorelle
From January to December 2022, a study was carried out in Cameroon in order to assess the pesticide honey contamination and presence of other toxic compounds and the related public health significance. In order to achieve these objectives, 150 samples were collected from the three much honey productive areas respectively at the hive, extraction and market levels and analysed. The pesticide and others compound determination was done through the QuEChERS coupled with the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, while the health risk assessment was done by the calculation of the Hazard Index (HI) associated with each compound. A total of thirteen samples (prevalence=8.69%) were positive to four toxic compounds (satratoxin-h, methyl-diclofop, fumaronitrile and propiolonitrile) respectively in the bimodal forest (prevalence: 6.67) and western highlands (23.37%). No health risk was associated with the presence of these compounds and no significant difference was found either between the areas than between the different technological levels. These results prove that honey contamination is present in Cameroon and can be possibly higher than the results found in this study and should also be assessed by the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to have a complete view of the situation.
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